Oh I was seeing Raiders fans after the Brock Bowers pick commenting how they hate the Falcons with a passion for them taking Penix 😂

There trying to do what the packers do but so stupid

They screwed up the Raiders lol.

Is something wrong with Kirk Cousins? Like physically? That is the only way this makes sense.

​@Arigator2 We haven't seen him play since that ACL tear, this could be a contingency plan if he's still not 100%. I'm not defending it just trying to find any kind of logic lol.

Now I'm starting to have doubts if Arthur Smith was really that awful with his decisions or if upstairs was forcing his hand

​@@unc54 As a steelers fan, holy god i hope it's the latter.

Arthur and Matt Ryan and Marcus Mariota - are ALL - laughing their azz off... 😆 Another great job by that great GM Fontenot ! not !

That pick was so Arthur Smith.🤣

Now Penix can mentor the young Kirk Cousins. He's been through everything in his long career.

They got weapons as soon as they signed him. I think they wanted Justin Fields but Steelers beat them to it tho. When they made all those off season WR acquisitions I pretty much knew they were gonna draft a QB still.

lol come on Kirk signing to falcons ain’t about winning. If it was about winning- he’d sign cheaper for better team

They had weapons before they signed him they just weren't being utilized, they need defense.

More like Kirk was deemed to have a ceiling and the future potential of Penix matters more.

Having an impact player in 2020 could have been the difference between Rodgers going to the SuperBowl instead of Brady. Instead they had Jordan Love riding the pine.

Saints wanted Penix to 😮

@@LukeDaDrifter-lj2nh Now that would’ve been something lol.

Oh how fun

Go to the screaming street.... Thus Sayeth The Strouds

Screaming Street is gonna feature prominently this season. So many teams inches from laying down next to the Titans.

The Screaming Street is the opposite of the Heisman House (and Reggie Bush better be moved in this year)

Hi I’m here 😔

It's getting crowded ...

Indeed, my team took a firefighter instead of a cornerback.

The Street Screamers would be a fun name for a cover band, made up of NFL fans

​@LateNightTableCo This is the best comment I've seen in some time.

Ik im going now

​@@Foley02i still dont get the original comment tho....whats Screaming Street??

Traffic will be a huge problem

Or a city

​@@clipobserver, just another day in Atlanta. Falcons do something stupid, and the traffic is slower than molasses.

Honestly as a Panthers fan this day went as well as it could have. Falcons screwed up so bad it took all the attention off of us and we traded back into the first with minimal cost and got a WR with high upside.

@@unc54He’s either gonna be AJ Metcalf or N’Keal Reagor I’m calling it

Could have gone a lot worse, I was worried we were gonna try to take like the number 20 spot

@@unc54😂😂Not really. IMO, that just means the Falcons will still beat your team after Kirk Cousins retires. Because they still will have a legit QB who had time to develop instead of being thrown in the fire and looking horrible their rookie year.

​@AssfaceOmega who is AJ Metcalf?

Yeah Broncos fans get Bo Nix.... Well as a UGA fan I have to call that one pretty strange as well...

At least the Broncos actually needed QB, didn't have a second round pick, and there was only one good QB left on the board. If the Broncos couldn't trade down, there was a historic run on QBs so it was now or never to take Nix. Even if it's a reach the pick still makes sense because I wouldn't want Zach Wilson or Jarrett Stidham starting for an entire season either. The Falcons didn't need a QB, had a second round pick, and there were three good QBs on the board left. They took Penix who I think isn't as good of a prospect as McCarthy or Nix. If they really liked Penix that much they could've had him in the second round. Literally everybody knew the Vikings, Broncos, and Raiders wanted different QBs other than Penix. If the Falcons wanted the fifth year option they could've traded up to the end of the first round to take him there instead of their first pick. The Falcons royally screwed this one up in every conceivable way.

​@@nathanlarson6535Plus if the falcons wanted to try and sit a prospect behind an experienced starter for a couple years, and don't get picks next year because of tampering, then they should've went with, oh, idk, ANY OF THE OTHER QBS WHO ARENT 24? I'm so happy with the first round of the draft though. Terrion Arnold going that low was genuinely shocking I'm so happy we got him.

@@nathanlarson6535 I keep telling people Zach Wilson will replace Dak here in Dallas after next year

I keep bumping into Falcons fans who comment that this was a smart thing to do.

Of course not, that’s why only his next two years are guaranteed.

​@@burkereid6401so sign someone next year. ATL on their way to being a poverty franchise.

Hes there for 1 or 2. If his Achilles isn't just....done.

​@thethumper088 next year you aren't picking at 8 to get a top qb bro

@@ga6257 If Cousins is bad, yes you are. The only way they got a "top" qb is if you believe that front office is actually smarter than 95% of the football world.

It is the reaction for every Saints fans and I have to say I am happy this pick happened.

@@Krypt-Kaiboy72 I mean I am a Chiefs fan and I am so happy we got Xavier Worthy, but this could be my fav one.

@@JamesRecto-od6zl I'm a Saints fan and this reaction is no doubt my favorite reaction

Funny thing is ATL will still win division 😂😂😂😂….with everyone on this was an interesting pick 😅

​@@nicholasholloway8490you gotta catch Tampa Bay first.

Was a good pick for the future

@@Oxy404 Maybe, but it looks so stupid after we signed Kirk to a massive contract. Why draft a 24 year old to sit for at least 2 seasons? He’ll be at least 26 before he gets the starting job, if not older. Had we only signed Kirk and drafted someone else, that’s a good decision. Had we not signed Kirk and we drafted Penix, that’s a good decision. The choice to have 2 QB1s on the team when we want to push for playoff success is so stupid

​@@coldramen_1nah its the smart way to go, sure fans blow up but look at jordan love, even mahomes sits a yr. Being 26 in the nfl is the new 22 for qbs, if your talented youll be able to play well into the 40s the way the nfl is setup now. A qb that gets time to learn under a really good qb is where its at, throwing them in 1st yr literally hardly ever works, plus if kirk gets injured which he does alot they have actual backup. Makes sense to me.

​@@Oxy404 yep lots of fans dont understand how difficult being a startong nfl qb is. Basically all rookies should sit one if not two yrs, that time is crucial for development. If falcons think penix jr. Can be developed into a great qb then this was a smart decision.

If you love something, you'll find ways to get better at it. It's a 4-year deal for Kirk. And rookie QBs. So he'll be off the rookie deal...when Cousins is. Could they really not wait a year? I guess they didn't want to trade up later on, plus have him develop, but still.

And we Saints fans thank you for the entertainment you bozos have given us

Athens is 60 miles away

@@9mmtrilla Went to GT so I'm double cursed

TELL ME HOW THE PANTHERS HAD A BETTER PICK THAN US WHEN WE HAD THE 8TH PICK AND THEY HAD THE 32ND!!!

So it's like being a Browns fan?

there a dead horse over there for ya to beat on

​@@jadalizmercedes7579I don't see denver broncos anywhere

That's a stretch. Plenty of first round QBs don't play in their first year. Even the legendary Marino didn't start his rookie season as the starter. It's a strange pick and probably a reach but it's clear they have decided to throw everything but the kitchen sink at QB play this year and it's understandable why given how putrid it has been since Ryan left the team.

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Be a damn shame if Cousins tears his other achilles or has a season ending injury and Penix, Jr. is a bust or gets injured. Now you've wasted salary cap, a top 8 first round pick and still can't get to the opposing QB.

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Most of the time when a first round pick sits though, it's behind a guy who's been there a while and is clearly on the way out. Kirk Cousins just got there. I really doubt he came to the Falcons intending to mentor his replacement in his first year.

@@TheCyberAthlete yes it would be a shame and honestly odds are pretty strong all of that could happen. Matt Ryan not withstanding Atlanta has notoriously bad luck at the QB position. That still doesn't mean there is no potential at all in this scenario though. If things go as planned the team gets back to having a winning record with Cousins while grooming their potential next QB. The idea makes a lot of sense EXCEPT the team is taking a hell of a gamble on the two QBs they are relying on.

Not really. Cousins's contract is super front-loaded. They can cut him after the second year easy if he declines, which is possible since he's 35 years old coming off an Achilles tear. He could retire in a couple years anyway. First round QBs are lottery tickets. Now they have a lottery ticket and a safe option. And the lottery ticket gets to sit and learn for a couple years while you evaluate if he can play in the NFL.

I think it might be because of the tampering thing.

IN the car door 😢

# 0001 Hello 911, this is the Atlanta Falcons.......yeah.....yeah yeah it's in a car door this time.

Hahahaha

We replaced them as the laughing stock when we lost to them last season off field goals 😭

Ummm the Bills took every ounce of heat off the Falcons. That was 100x worse.

Way worse lmao 😂

@@spidamitchell8311how would you know right now day of the draft lol

@@Oxy404 Jordon Love was at least younger. Penix Jr might actually hit close to 30 before Kirk is gone. I could understand a later round pick, like the injured Jordan travis, but Penix in the 1st feels like a waste pick just to mess with the QB needy teams.

​@@xboxbam3979he will be 26

​@@Oxy404Because Michael Penix frequently got injured against COLLEGE players. Two ACLs in the same knee, a broken collarbone, a shoulder AC joint injury. If you can't stay healthy against college players, the NFL is going to eat you alive.

Can you have the ravens join screaming street after watching all the players we wanted get picked before our turn and even the bills and chiefs colluded to spite us. Nothing against Wiggins but he ain't worth the first round

Yea he is really urking my nerves

“Sleeper Cell” implies subtlety.

This just confirms it

The worst time to draft a qb is when you need one. But I just thought they would have drafted JJ McCarthy here, as JJ is more developmental than Penix.

Technically they are only on the hook for 2 years and 100 million.

​@@GH-xy4zz Yeah, look at how Jordan Love is working out for the Packers. I imagine the Falcons' goal is to have Penix follow the same path. Said path might actually be the best path for QB development. It worked twice for Green Bay, yet basically no one else does it. It's a shame really.

@@Mr.X2188especially since Michael’s past injuries are a risk. It’s best he sits out a couple years or so to develop fully. It’s actually a blessing he isn’t starting for the Raiders… Bowers deserves to be a Raiders since their rival has a monster TE as well. Anyway Michael will definitely pan out under Kirk as long as he sits out healthy

I think people 🤔 are not getting why atlanta is getting blowback it is not because who they pick it is because he is 24 years old and probably will be 27 before he hits the field unless cousins gets hurt but if he was younger they wouldn't have gotten the anger they getting now because they needed defense before another qb

He hasn't been hurt in a couple years

@@DeosPraetorian but it was bad injuries that he had so...

Vengeance is sweet.

We'll* 😁👍

AND the better quarterback.

​​@@SGBassplayerBetter quarterback😂😂😂

As a packers fan I am now mad at the Falcons for letting the bears get Rome odunze and not just that but also drafting a quarterback that they didn't need that badly

@@DuncanHall2070Yeah, it’s a really weird pick. Unless you think the kid is Brady or Mahomes 2.0, why would you just not pick a QB sometime in the next couple drafts. Y’know, after Cousins has earned his money. My only guess is that Cousins’ Achilles isn’t healing as fast as they’d like?

​@@DuncanHall2070 I think you might know from experience though. How does your view on the Jordan Love pick compare from when he was drafted to now. I believe the same thing will happen with the Falcons.

​@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I might be delusional, but I think he might actually be that guy. I full heartedly believe that Penix will end up being the best QB from this class. In my eyes, the Falcons just secured their future after Kirk leaves or retires. The Falcons can have Penix sit behind Kirk and learn for 2-4 years just like Jordan Love did. And we all can see how that turned out. In fact, I think the strategy the Packers have employed for QB development is the best strategy and that more teams should do this.

Yeah yeah have you ever played any sports ? He had 4 major injuries and he is only 24

But not at #8. Esp when the Falcons need Edge Rushers or DT. Not to mention Penix has injury issues and he's only 24.

@@huchlvr Only 24? Most of the guys in their second or third year in the league are 24, so it’s normal to have nagging injuries at that point. The fact that he’s trying to make the jump from college to professional football at that age is what is causing these issues for him. He’s too old for the transition, he’s gonna be like Brandon Weeden

He needed to go somewhere when he can play he's going to be a backup

​@@Rastafarianinja not when his last few years he had 4 injuries and I believe 2 of them were ACL injuries

Penix is a fine player. But 8 pick is way too high to take him. I think he would have been there in the second round and, the Falcons were not so QB needy to force them to draft a QB that early. I hope it works out. I root for all draft picks to be good, these kids worked hard to get this far.

Lions: Hey Cowboys you want to make GB mad? Cowboys: Say no more

I'm getting awfully curious what Cowboys front office means when they said they'd go "all in" this offseason. Where is this "all in" they kept saying? 😆

Apparently, old Jerrah forgot about their cap situation when he said “All-in”

I was actually mad. I wanted both penix and jj on the board when the Vikings picked to see who they favored more. I was happy looking back, but I feel bad for both penix and Kirk. Penix is going to be 28 when Kirks contract ends

@@noyou113i was mad cuz it gave the jets so much leverage

oh trust me cardinal fans or bears fans are just as excited if not more

​@@noyou113as a Wolverines and Vikings fan I had Penix over JJ if Penix passed all medicals. Penix needs to be behind a good OLine because of all his injuries but is definitely more talented than JJ. JJ though has more upside if allowed to grow and does suit Vikings historically play action style of offence

@@anthonynicholson5193 as a person who's had a total ACL reconstruction (and a true believer in modern orthopedic surgery), I dread the thought of putting the hopes and dreams of an entire franchise on a Quarterback who couldn'tt even make it out of College without accumulating 2 blown-out knees AND and 2 major shoulder surgeries. that's simply not the structural profile of a long-term plan for the most-targeted body on an NFL football field. same with Kirk's torn-up leg. both are the kind of injury profiles you cross your fingers and hope make it through a Season, not a 5-year contract. realistically, Penix's body is structurally way older than Kirk's. disqualified.

It sucks that it might be years before we see him in action.

Penix won't kill it, because he'll be holding a clipboard on the sidelines.

Its like almost every sports commenter I've watched have said "Its not a knock on Penix Jr, it just doesn't make sense that the Falcons took him" I fully expect him to start in 2 years at the age of 26....he could still play for 14 total seasons from now, everyone losing their minds over his and Bo's age when its only 1 extra year lol

😆😆 That's a great point though. Why in the hell did Cousins even mention anything about the Falcons reaching out to him in the first place, and why didn't the team nor his agent tell him to shut the hell up?

He didn't, his agent Mike McCartney leaked that to the media. McCartney is very quickly becoming somone that the Falcons front office doesn't trust. Which is why they kept this a secret until they were on the clock.

Clearly

Meanwhile the defense be damned, right? I mean they were 27th in the league last year and certainly won't be any better this year.

I like it but I wish we didn’t sign Cousins tho😂

Well it certainly won't make the Falcons a better team this year...

It ain't like yall did that great lol we're good over here. Worry about that swamp

😂😂😂😂

@@sirtavion20 Actually they had one of the better drafts in the league

😂😂😂

because we aren’t an organization that shuts the bed every given opportunity…. Falcons had a chance to do something right and they doubled down on a position they didn’t need while still having multiple holes else where. Carr will have a better season than cousins as well

@@kevinmckay2483 Didn't realize it was still April 1st !!! 🤣🤣🤣

@@greencat1849 didn’t realize yall won a Super Bowl and we didn’t… oh damn that’s backwards isn’t it

None of those situation you just described apply to the Falcons. Both examples have a qb that had been with their organizations for either the majority of their careers or at least one season. Not a free agent from another team and then be accused of tampering with said free agent and then reaching for his replacement a month later.

Worthy the worst pick outside of Penix

@@philipvaughn1886 Only time will tell.

Because they wasted $100 million on Cousins coming off of an achilles tear and will probably get injured at some point this year.

@@TheCyberAthlete You're not wrong!

The only way he plays this year is if Cousins gets injured and if that does happen the Falcons will have to rely on their already mid defense that can't get pressure on the QB. They would have been better off trading for Justin Fields and using the cap space to fill other needs and still draft an edge rusher, and not worry about tampering charges.

Well you know Penix has had some bad injuries already himself... It's not that he is a bad player - he isn't. It's the fact they wasted all that money on Cousins and then turn around and draft Penix afterwards. It was a wasted pick.

Except we drafted a 3rd or 4th rounder not a 1st just used a 1st on him

You could tell Rogers wasnt happy either

I am a Falcons fan. You could be right but it still wasn't a smart pick. The owner Arther Blank is 81 years old. Don't you think he wants to see his team win a Super Bowl. He puts his trust in these guys and this is what they do. If you're going to be all in then you have to go for it now not later

Aside from QB, offense wasn't an issue for the Falcons, but no pass rush since 2016 has been a non stop issue for them. If you're gonna reach, then reach for an edge rusher.